Adjustable leg rest for chairs



L. AIME.

ADJUSTABLE LEG REST FOR CHAIRS.

FILED raw/17,1922.

.wim/53858 1 Patented Der.

ADJUSTABLE Application led May i7,

T0 at whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatl, LUIS Anni, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of "West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable lieg Rest forChairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to attachments for chairs and particularly to animproved leg rest for rocking chairs formed to be extended to anydesired extent when in use and to b folded and shifted to a positionbeneath the chair when not in` use.

The object of the invention to provid#` a leg rest which may bepositively locked in any of several adjusted positions.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved simplifiedconstruction of leg rest which is comparatively inexpensive and which.will effectively act whenl in use and which may be readily storedbeneath the rocking chair when not in use. l

Another object, more specifically, is to provide a leg'rest forrockingchairs, which when not in use, may be disconnected and folded up afterwhich it is stored beneath the chair in su'ch a manner as to not presentan unpleasing appearance.

In the accompanying drawingf" Figurejl is a side view of a leg restdisclosing an embodiment of the invention, the same being shown appliedto rocking chair.

Figure 2 is a .top plan view of the structure shown in' Figure 1,certain parts being broken away.

Figure 3 is a sectional-view through Figure 1 'on line 3-3 the leg restbeing shown folded and stored. away.

``Figure 4 isan enlargedv longitudinal sectional view through the upperadjusting bar shown in Figure l.

Figure 5`v is an enlarged sectional view showing one end of the barillust-rated in Figure 4;

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view through Figure 4 on liheReferring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1- indicates anordinary rocking chair provided with the usual rochers, seat and legs.ln addition to these members, al bar 2 is provided and also a pair ofrunways 3 secured`to one of back spindles 4 and to a cross brace 5.Connected to the seat 6 at the center of the front and-- on the REST FOBCHAIRS.

1922. Serial No. 561,676.

under side are brackets 'T and 8 through which the respective pintlestlextend, said pintles projecting from a latch 10. rlhis latch is providedwith straight sides and a notch 11 shown in Figures 4 and 5 whereby thehook end 12 may fit over the same against the flat sides and be held inproper position thereby. As .the rocking chair moves, this rectangularconstruction will cause the bar 13 to move baci; and forth withoutslipping off of the latch v10.

ln order to positively locl: the hook 12 in engagement with the latch10, a sliding bolt 14 is provided and held in place by spring 15 while athumb member ltlis secured theretov and extends through :in opening 1i'in the bar 13. 'lhe bar 13 may be of any desired shape but is preferablyU- sha ae in cross section as illustrated in Figure 6, said bartelescopically fitting into an auxiliary bar 1S U-shape in cross sectionand provided with inturned flanges 19 which will actas a guide for thebar The aiuriliary barlS is pivotally mounted at 20 to a cross bar 21and is held centrally thereof by suitable'sleeres 22. rlhe bar 13 isprovided with an aperture near one' end through which Ia .pin 23 looselyextends, said pin being pressed by a spring 24 so as to always projecttl'irough the bar 13 and whenever possible snap through one of theopenings 25 in bar 18. Preferably, there are several openings 25 in bar18 whereby there may be a relative movement ofthe bars -13 and i8 toshift the rod 21 toward or from the chair 1. The rod 21 is mounted inthe side standards 26 which side standards are rounded at 27 so as tofreely rock. A pad or support 28 is mounted on the upper end of thestandards 26, said pad or support being connected with the standards bysuitable brackets 29 which i have pins 30 Aextending into the standards.The pad/or support 28 freely swings on the pins 30 so as to readilyadjust itself to the position. of the legs of the person using the chair1.

i-i hook 31 is secured to the lower surface of pad 2S is adapted to fitover the latch i0 when the parts are folded and stored away as shown indotted lines in'Figure 1 and also as shown in Figure By thisarrangement, the pad or support 28 will act to support the front partofthe folded or nested leg rest and also act as a covering member forsliding the various parteA from while runways 3 will as a rear which rmlcomme tlm :slamfflzarnls :u lwr end. llmiulljf mmm@ mi 'lhasa rare'spacell bars 35 nu? 'which lm and pirolzllljf mxlzwclml zu,

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